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A guestblog by Marlies Zonderland-Thomassen (MSc, PhD) Did you know that 1 out of 5 persons is a highly sensitive person, or HSP? Did you know that it has been proven that the brain of HSP processes stimulus differently, and needs more processing time (Bergsma, 2019)?...

Improving the Academic Environment for PhD candidates Many PhD candidates (PhDs) experience negative thoughts related to their work. In order to significantly raise the mental health of PhDs the academic environment needs to be improved. Do these thoughts sound...

What do I wish I could have told myself before starting grad school? What advice would I give my younger self, looking for a PhD position in 2010? Which experience-based recommendations would have benefitted me? I wrote them all down! Until a time-machine is...

This blog will help you to turn your stressful PhD experience into a happier one. Instead of remembering difficult situations and the associated negative emotions, you will remember pleasant moments and positive feelings. To achieve this, it is enough to...

Last January 25th I attended the symposium ‘Keeping sane during your PhD. What can you do? What can UU do?’ at Utrecht University (UU)*. The symposium was organized in response to recent findings that PhD candidates at the UU and other Dutch universities...

Do you remember the moment you fell in love with science? Maybe you spoke with a teacher, read a book, or saw a SciFi movie? Maybe you already knew you wanted to become a scientist at a young age, or maybe you only considered the option after your...